Rewatchables Reference

• Tubbs getting the confession out of Mendez with the glass, leading into 'Voices' by Russ Ballard (Bill's overall winner).
• Crockett's divorce falling through, all the way through the limo massacre with the Argentinian.
• Ending of Part 1: finding out Lou's dead, Calderone's in the Bahamas – 'How long will it take you to get ready?' / 'I'm always ready'.
• Tubbs reveals himself to Angelina: 'Your father had a cop shot to death in New York City, and that cop was my brother'.
• The 'I'm So Excited' into 'Tush' (ZZ Top) music sequence at the club.
• Ending: 'What's Love Got to Do with It' by Tina Turner, speedboat montage, 'Tubbs, let's go home'.

• The concept of a hit list (always works in any medium).
• The Argentinian assassin – earplugs before murdering, shooting technique, yellow tinted glasses, donut/coffee calling card.
• Crockett's Theme music (Bill's cell phone theme for 10 years).
• Don Johnson's smoking technique (Lucky Strikes, filterless, the tilt).
• The music: I'm So Excited, Tush, In the Night, Crockett's Theme, Voices, What's Love Got to Do with It.
• Miami as a character/location; Grand Theft Auto: Vice City paying homage to the show.
• The John Carpenter-style horror synths used for the Argentinian stalking scenes.

• Sonny immediately going to get his wife/kids from safe house without verifying the assassin is dead.
• Tubbs and Crockett driving into the water; the killers assume they're dead without checking; car inexplicably explodes.
• Angelina hooking up with Tubbs after approximately 3.5-4 minutes of total interaction.
• The Argentinian leaving tons of evidence behind (hit list, receipts, donuts at every location).
• Don Johnson dating Melanie Griffith when she was 14 – 'not aged well'.

• Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges were pursued for the lead but movie stars didn't do TV then.
• Mickey Rourke turned it down.
• Final choice was Don Johnson vs. Larry Wilcox (from CHiPs); Wilcox was too associated with police roles.
• Denzel Washington auditioned for Tubbs but lost to Philip Michael Thomas.
• After season 2, Mark Harmon was going to replace Johnson during a contract dispute.

• Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) – unanimously; 'Your father had a cop shot to death in New York City, and that cop was my brother'.
• Also the unintentional comedy winner throughout.

• Jim Zubiena (Ludovicio Armstrong, the Argentinian hitman) – Michael Mann's shooting technician, master of the Mozambique drill (Bill's winner).
• Miguel Pinero (Calderone) – founded Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Benjamin Bratt played him in a 2001 biopic.
• Sam McMurray (Jimbo, the Saint Andrews bartender) – 'in everything,' voice on The Simpsons.

• Jimbo / Sam McMurray (the Saint Andrews bartender).
• The Argentinian (Ludovicio Armstrong).
• Alan (Caroline Crockett's defense attorney who calls an audible for full custody).

Angelina (played by Fanny Napoli) – 'just not very good,' only 3 IMDb credits; suggested recast: Sonia Braga.

• Episodes originally called 'The Hit List' and 'Calderone's Demise,' renamed in syndication.
• Only time Tubbs got to drive the Ferrari in any episode.
• Don Johnson's fashion became an actual look dominating fashion shows for two years.
• Crockett's Ferrari was actually a replica built on a Corvette; his boat was the Chris Craft Stinger 390X (the 'Saint Vitus Dance').
• The squib mistake during Don Johnson's shootout with the Argentinian was real and kept in the final cut.

• Philip Michael Thomas – yes, definitively.
• 'I'm So Excited' as a song – extensive pop culture run detailed (Vacation, NBA commercials, Saved by the Bell, etc.)
• Russ Ballard – 'When you reach the top of Apex Mountain, Russ Ballard is there playing Voices'.
• Crockett's Theme – apex of music specifically written for a character.
• Don Johnson – approaching apex, probably summer of '85.
• Argentinian assassins – yes.
• Miguel Pinero – probably.

• Why didn't the Argentinian shoot Crockett, Tubbs, and Linus when they were all outside together?
• They tell the obviously-corrupt Bahamas police chief their plan.
• They get made within 5 minutes but decide to go to the masquerade party anyway.
• Not enough cocaine in the show given it's set in 1984 Miami.

• Yes – Bill argues the 'Miami Vice' movie missed an opportunity by not just adapting the Calderone storyline.
• Chris suggests a Sherlock-style format: 3 episodes every 2 years.
• Both argue the franchise should be reinvigorated; 6-7 movies possible.

• Do Argentinian assassins love sprinkled doughnuts this much, or was it just this guy?
• The fee for 8 murders was $120K ($15K per murder) – high or low? Both agree it seems low.
• 'I'm So Excited' by the Pointer Sisters: is this the most influential pop culture song of all time?
• #1 Sonny ever: Sonny Crockett or Sonny Corleone? Chris: Sonny Corleone.

• Jimbo the bartender's 2,172-page manuscript – combination of Mutiny on the Bounty with Road Warrior (Chris).
• The two masquerade party masks from Part 2 (Bill).

• Part 1: Crockett; Part 2: Tubbs.
• Overall: Russ Ballard – two anthems at the end/beginning of two of the biggest TV episodes of the 80s; Michael Mann is 'the real answer' but Ballard is the specific pick.